I've had a pain in my lower back towatds the side is it my kidney?

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Loin pain is a pain described to be in the small of the back like below the rib cage and on either side of the spine, which is the anatomical location of the kidneys
any area below that could also come from musculoskeletal pain.

If bending reproduces the pain it is likely musculoskeletal.

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Loin pain is a pain described to be in the small of the back like below the rib cage and on either side of the spine, which is the anatomical location of the kidneys
any area below that could also come from musculoskeletal pain.

If bending reproduces the pain it is likely musculoskeletal.
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